Rijkswaterstaat is launching a large-scale study into the effects of sand extraction on underwater nature near Ameland. Measuring frames with sensors will be placed on the seabed at 3 locations to the north of the Wadden Island. Also, soil samples will be taken and analyzed during the research, whic
The Dutch and Belgian dredging industry is of strategic importance to the economy, water safety, and energy transition in both countries. This is evident from the new report “Future Scenarios and Strategies for the Dredging Sector in the Netherlands and Belgium”, an initiative by trade association N
The Freeport of Riga Board has approved the Freeport of Riga Investment Plan for 2025. This year, EUR 7.43 million will be invested in the development of the Port of Riga, which is EUR 1.07 million or 17% more than last year. Also, the investment plan for 2025 will provide for both the implementatio
The Dutra Group is expanding its fleet with a new 10,464 cubic yard Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge, named “Adele”. The “Adele” will be constructed at Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s Allanton and Port St. Joe Florida facilities. The newbuild will join Dutra’s 9,870 cubic yard Trailing Suction Hopper Dre
Van Oord’s water injection dredger (WID) Maas visited the Shipyard Gebr. Kooiman BV in Zwijndrecht recently. During the intervention, the Maas was equipped with two new electric motors with liquid instead of air cooling. According to Kooiman, liquid cooling prevents overheating and improves the perf
Deep C has just announced its collaboration with AF Offshore Decom AS on a significant subsea intervention project. According to their latest release, this project involves dredging of several thousand cubic meters of rock dump, equivalent to hundreds of truckloads, marking one of the largest operat
The construction of Estonia’s first biofuel-powered multi-purpose workboat is well underway. The shipbuilding project hit a key milestone 3 months ago, on December 18, with the keel-laying ceremony at Damen Shipyards Gdansk in Poland. Since then, major hull construction has been ongoing, while super
Over a decade ago, Jan De Nul was the first dredging company to equip all its new vessels with advanced filter technology that reduces their emissions by up to 98%. The company calls them Ultra-Low Emission vessels (ULEv). In recent years, JDN’s Ultra-Low Emission vessels have been participating in
A £14 million project to restore the Montgomery Canal has been granted an 11-month extension by the UK Government, Powys County Council said. It was due to be finished by the end of March this year, but the Council and Glandŵr Cymru (the Canal and River Trust in Wales), who are delivering the scheme
DEME said that a symbolic moment for the “La Chatière” project in the Port of Le Havre took place today, with the laying of the first stone – in the form of an accropode – marking the start of the works. This port development will provide direct access between Port 2000 and the Seine river […
For sand and gravel companies, opening new extraction sites is becoming increasingly difficult due to regulations and environmental challenges. As a result, the industry is looking deeper—literally. At Dutch Dredgers — the company specialized in high-quality dredgers, dredging equipment, and pontoon
When Indonesia’s significant open pit mine needed an efficient dredging system, they turned to Dragflow. The challenge was complex: removing highly concentrated sediment from the bottom of a basin and transporting it to a higher area of the mine, all while dealing with acidic water with a pH of 3. M
